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https://news.sky.com/story/row-over-new-greggs-vegan-sausage-rolls-heats-up-11597679 (https://archive.ph/5Ba6o)

A heated row has broken out over a move by Britain's largest bakery chain to launch a vegan sausage roll.

The pastry, which is filled with a meat substitute and encased in 96 pastry layers, is available in 950 Greggs stores across the country.

It was promised after 20,000 people signed a petition calling for the snack to be launched to accommodate plant-based diet eaters.


But the vegan sausage roll's launch has been greeted by a mixed reaction: Some consumers welcomed it, while others voiced their objections.

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Cook and food poverty campaigner Jack Monroe declared she was "frantically googling to see what time my nearest opens tomorrow morning because I will be outside".

While TV writer Brydie Lee-Kennedy called herself "very pro the Greggs vegan sausage roll because anything that wrenches veganism back from the 'clean eating' wellness folk is a good thing".

One Twitter user wrote that finding vegan sausage rolls missing from a store in Corby had "ruined my morning".

Another said: "My son is allergic to dairy products which means I can't really go to Greggs when he's with me. Now I can. Thank you vegans."

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TV presenter Piers Morgan led the charge of those outraged by the new roll.

"Nobody was waiting for a vegan bloody sausage, you PC-ravaged clowns," he wrote on Twitter.

Mr Morgan later complained at receiving "howling abuse from vegans", adding: "I get it, you're all hangry. I would be too if I only ate plants and gruel."

Another Twitter user said: "I really struggle to believe that 20,000 vegans are that desperate to eat in a Greggs."

"You don't paint a mustach (sic) on the Mona Lisa and you don't mess with the perfect sausage roll," one quipped.

Journalist Nooruddean Choudry suggested Greggs introduce a halal steak bake to "crank the fume levels right up to 11".

The bakery chain told concerned customers that "change is good" and that there would "always be a classic sausage roll".

It comes on the same day McDonald's launched its first vegetarian "Happy Meal", designed for children.

The new dish comes with a "veggie wrap", instead of the usual chicken or beef option.
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It should be noted that Piers Morgan and Greggs share the same PR firm, so I'm thinking this is some serious faux outrage and South Park KKK gambiting here.
 
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Coolio55 said:
https://archive.md/lWrA8 (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-59727161)

Edward Colston statue: Four cleared of criminal damage​


So does this mean someone can thermite the Nelson Mandela statue in london cos he's a mass murder?
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Of course not. It's only okay when their lot does it.

CWCissey said:
Jimmy Carr in trouble for telling funny joke about gassing gypsies.

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Good on him, frankly. Yeah, it might have been off colour but better someone gets their fee fees hurt by a spicy joke than comedy as a whole becomes sanitised clapter-riddled pabulum. CAse in point: Frankie Boyle.
 
CWCissey said:
Jimmy Carr in trouble for telling funny joke about gassing gypsies.

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I can only assume that anyone who watched this and was offended has somehow never seen Jimy Carr's shows before. It's been a long time since I watched any personally but I'm pretty sure 90% of his shtick is probably still trying to cross the line. Hell IIRC he literally had a segment in one show where he deliberately told inreasingly offensive jokes to see where the audience would draw the line at laughing.
Ms Dorries suggested the government could legislate to stop comedy people find offensive being shown on streaming platforms. "We're already looking at future legislation to bring into scope those sort of comments," she told the BBC.
Asked about a previous Tweet where she said "left-wing snowflakes are killing comedy", Ms Dorries replied: "Well, that's not comedy."
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Ah yes because the government should be allowed to pass sweeping legislation banning shit, while also being in charge of defining said shit as whatever they feel it is. Cunts.

SNP MP Martin Docherty-Hughes, who is co-chairman of the House of Commons All Party Parliamentary Group for Gypsies, Travellers and Roma
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Of course we need an all party parliamentary group for a subset of the population in the fractions of a percentage, and who don't contribute to or take part in society in general. Unsurprisingly he looks and acts exactly like the kind of limp wristed faggot who gives this much of a shit about fucking gypsies.
 
CWCissey said:
Jimmy Carr in trouble for telling funny joke about gassing gypsies.

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When exactly did our country become so sensitive? British panel shows were full of jokes exactly like this aimed at every minority group as recently as about a decade ago. Where was the outrage against this sort of thing back then? I thought that particularly in the UK we had a consensus that in comedy, "anything goes" and if you find a comic's jokes too offensive, you simply didn't watch it. When did things change?
 
CWCissey said:
When the Septics decided to be faggots then exported their faggotry.
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I'm inclined to think that but then I'm seeing Tory and Labour MPs alike express outrage at this and how we need more censorship to "stop bigotry", and then I'm seeing far too many people who should know better (people who are old enough to have grown up in a time when this kind of outrage wasn't commonplace) jumping 100% on board with this.

I feel like this moralfaggotry started as an American import but has now firmly taken root in this country in a way that is unfamiliar to me. I think if this scandal happened even 5 years ago everyone would be supporting Jimmy Carr and the major parties would be mocked for talking about censoring fucking comedy. But in 2022, the mood is different.
 
East_Clintwood said:
I can only assume that anyone who watched this and was offended has somehow never seen Jimy Carr's shows before. It's been a long time since I watched any personally but I'm pretty sure 90% of his shtick is probably still trying to cross the line. Hell IIRC he literally had a segment in one show where he deliberately told inreasingly offensive jokes to see where the audience would draw the line at laughing.

Ah yes because the government should be allowed to pass sweeping legislation banning shit, while also being in charge of defining said shit as whatever they feel it is. Cunts.


Of course we need an all party parliamentary group for a subset of the population in the fractions of a percentage, and who don't contribute to or take part in society in general. Unsurprisingly he looks and acts exactly like the kind of limp wristed faggot who gives this much of a shit about fucking gypsies.
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I thought MPs were elected to represent the interests of their constituents? Why is this dickhead wasting his time (and hence taxpayer money) on a discussion of how to better serve these cunts who don't vote, don't pay tax, and want to live outside of the rules of our society?

While I'm on the whinge, why the fuck are we paying multiple millions of pounds per day to put citizens of other countries, who came here illegally, in hotels? They should be housed in Quonset huts for, at a maximum, one week, or until we can arrange a boat for them to the South Sandwich Islands.
 
Clem Fandango said:
I thought MPs were elected to represent the interests of their constituents? Why is this dickhead wasting his time (and hence taxpayer money) on a discussion of how to better serve these cunts who don't vote, don't pay tax, and want to live outside of the rules of our society?

While I'm on the whinge, why the fuck are we paying multiple millions of pounds per day to put citizens of other countries, who came here illegally, in hotels? They should be housed in Quonset huts for, at a maximum, one week, or until we can arrange a boat for them to the South Sandwich Islands.
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Because your "representatives" want to replace you with docile, third world labor who don't question things.
 
Clem Fandango said:
I thought MPs were elected to represent the interests of their constituents?
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That's the theory, then again he is SNP, so maybe his constituents actually do give a shit about gypos for some reason.

Clem Fandango said:
Why is this dickhead wasting his time (and hence taxpayer money) on a discussion of how to better serve these cunts who don't vote, don't pay tax, and want to live outside of the rules of our society?
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Because it's not his money so he doesn't give a shit about wasting it, which is basically all Scottish politics in a nutshell.

Clem Fandango said:
They should be housed in Quonset huts for, at a maximum, one week, or until we can arrange a boat for them to the South Sandwich Islands.
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Nah fuck off, the South Sandwich Islands are gorgeous, and I don't want immigrants runing them. We should house them until we can arrange a boat to take them outside our EEZ and then tip em overboard.
 
Erich Honecker said:
When exactly did our country become so sensitive? British panel shows were full of jokes exactly like this aimed at every minority group as recently as about a decade ago. Where was the outrage against this sort of thing back then? I thought that particularly in the UK we had a consensus that in comedy, "anything goes" and if you find a comic's jokes too offensive, you simply didn't watch it. When did things change?
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Read the article. This special aired over a month ago, a clip has been being shared on social media and the usual outrage mob is crying about it. The majority of people don't care, it's whiny thin skinned tools the same as the people that went crying to Ofcom because "Piers say mean things about Meghan, makie stop!"

Makie is a deliberate typo there.
 
CWCissey said:
No Lizzie! You should be encouraging Charles to abdicate in favour of Wills and Kate, not saying Camilla should be addressed as Queen!

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I don't think she'd do that. She's been running the monarchy as an institution for 70 years and sees it as a stabilising factor, so to suddenly decree that it'll be William V next would be a bit too much of a shakeup and might give ammo to republicans. "Oh, but how can you say it's a stabilising factor when Brenda changes the rules overnight?"
 
East_Clintwood said:
I can only assume that anyone who watched this and was offended has somehow never seen Jimy Carr's shows before.
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He's been a play it safe lefty TV presenter for 10+ years now. The average social media user is probably too young to remember his 2000s standup.

I'm still surprised he did it though. Comedians (well, anyone really) always soften up once they become a TV regular as they don't want to get kicked out of the bubble, yet Netflix keeps convincing them to risk it. Netflix must be telling them something (or paying a lot more).
 
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He's been a play it safe lefty TV presenter for 10+ years now. The average social media user is probably too young to remember his 2000s standup.

I'm still surprised he did it though. Comedians (well, anyone really) always soften up once they become a TV regular as they don't want to get kicked out of the bubble, yet Netflix keeps convincing them to risk it. Netflix must be telling them something (or paying a lot more).
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They got a lot of publicity when the last comedian (Dave Chapelle) did a controversial stand up show, and by controversial I mean he criticised trans people.

I hope they persuade Jerry Sadowitz to do a show next to see how many sensitive Netflix staff they can get to walk out and resign.
 
Nicola why must you do this?
Oh, of course, because the SNP is skimming cash off the Covid fund for its personal finances and has already been caught doing so and you need more ways to hide it.

Scotland’s fire service raised concerns yesterday about the safety of the SNP’s intentions to try and limit the spread of Covid in schools by cutting off the bottom of classroom doors. Ms Sturgeon has insisted the proposal, which has an estimated cost of £300,000 to the taxpayer, was “basic common sense”.

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However, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) urged councils to consult its safety teams first.
Their statement on the issue warned that classroom doors "play a key role in preventing smoke and fire from spreading within buildings".
Their statement proved embarrassing for Ms Sturgeon, as she had earlier admitted that the SFRS had not approved the controversial plan.
Responsibility for checking safety regulations lay with local councils, not the Scottish Government, argued Ms Sturgeon.
When the SNP were faced with widespread mockery and derision for the proposal, Ms Sturgeon called for a more “grown-up” discussion about improving school ventilation.
Douglas Ross, the Scottish Tory leader, described the idea as “bonkers” as he pressed Ms Sturgeon at First Minister’s Questions.
He added that he had been contacted by a retired firefighter, who claimed that the scheme would increase the risk of fires spreading in schools.

An SFRS spokesman also highlighted the key role doors play in stopping fire from spreading.
He said: “As such the SFRS would strongly advise duty holders to make contact with our fire safety enforcement teams before undertaking any actions which would have an impact on the fire safety arrangements within their premises.”
Meghan Gallacher, Scottish Conservative shadow minister for children and young people, told Fife Today: “Nicola Sturgeon has to listen to experts and halt her frankly absurd plans to chop up classroom doors.
“The First Minister has to stop digging in and recognise her proposal is illogical and even potentially dangerous, according to fire safety experts.
"Nicola Sturgeon dismissed valid concerns from a retired firefighter and claimed her plan was ‘common sense’. She must listen now that Scotland’s fire service is advising caution.
“Our schools need more air filters to protect against Covid. They don’t need classroom doors chopped up.”

In response to Ms Gallacher's comments, a government spokesperson said: “These comments are highly misleading. Adjustment of non-fire doors is just one potential measure that local authorities may decide to implement in a relatively small number of problematic spaces to improve air flow – having full regard to expert advice. As we have made clear, other potential measures include use of air cleaning devices or small mechanical ventilation units. The precise remedial measures used in each case should be informed by local circumstances and expert assessment by local authority teams.
“Our guidance already makes clear that when implementing any Covid safety measures, local authorities must continue to adhere to legal obligations with regard to health and safety, which include fire safety.
“Local authorities have taken action and are continuing to work hard to make improvements across the whole schools estate, helped by the additional funding we have made available to support their work.”

When Ms Sturgeon was asked by Mr Ross if the Scottish Government had consulted the service before deciding on the policy, she simply told MSPs this was the responsibility of councils.
However, when her spokesman was later pressed on whether this meant that no consultation with the service had been undertaken at all, he said: “I’m not aware of specific contact with SFRS."

The spokesman, when questioned why schools couldn’t simply prop doors open rather than paying £150 per door to have the bottoms cut off, added: “It’s been suggested, along with a range of measures.”
Defending the policy, Ms Sturgeon said: “If you have doors or windows that are not enabling that natural flow of air in a way that you would want it to, then it would strike me as basic common sense you would take measures to rectify that."
Mr Ross rebutted by saying: “It would be laughable if it wasn’t such a serious issue. Indeed, there is a fire-safety point here.
"The First Minister must guarantee that all of the serious ventilation measures - not chopping the ends off classroom doors - will be in place by the time that schools go back after the February holiday.”
Shirley-Anne Somerville, SNP Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, said earlier this week that between two and four percent of rooms across Scotland’s schools and nurseries had been identified as having “problematic” carbon dioxide levels due to inadequate ventilation.
She said £5 million would now be spent trying to improve their airflow using filtration units, extraction fans and by chopping off the bottoms of doors.
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The foundation set up to honour causes close to the heart of Captain Sir Tom Moore spent £240,000 on costs and consultants in its first year — more than it gave away in grants.
Accounts published by the Captain Tom Foundation show that between May 2020 and May last year it spent £400,000, after receiving more than £1 million in donations.
More than £240,000 of the registered charity’s expenditure went on the costs, while four grants totalling £160,000 were paid out to good causes. Of the foundation’s costs, £125,000, almost one tenth of its income, went on fundraising consultancy fees, including to a firm run by Captain Tom’s daughter.
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Wow a charity pissing away money rather than donating it to the actual cause, shocking I know.
 
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Welsh Catgirl Enjoyer said:
Looks like the government are back at it again.

Porn sites will be legally required to verify users' age​

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Here's an interesting titbit from wikipedia:

Legal action[edit]​


In January 2020, a group of age verification companies started a legal action against the government, seeking a judicial review of its decision to suspend the age verification scheme. The companies included AgeChecked Ltd, AVSecure, AVYourself and VeriMe.[22] The plaintiffs contended that the Digital Economy Act 2017 gave the government the power to delay implementation but not to abandon it, and sought around £3 million in damages.[23] In July 2020, they won permission for a judicial review.[24]
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I know the previous push was done by MindGeek in an effort to monopolize porn in the UK. Which companies are the beneficiaries here I wonder...
 
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